מניא

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Aramaic

Etymology

Related to מְנָא (mənā, to count, to number). Cognate with Biblical Hebrew מָנֶה (māne).

Noun

מָנְיָא (manyām (absolute מְנֵא (mənē))

  1. mina
    • Tanach, Daniel 5:25-26:
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      וּדְנָה כְתָבָא דִּי רְשִׁים מְנֵא מְנֵא תְּקֵל וּפַרְסִין׃ דְּנָה פְּשַׁר־מִלְּתָא מְנֵא מְנָה־אֱלָהָא מַלְכוּתָךְ וְהַשְׁלְמַהּ׃
      ūḏənā ḵəṯāḇā dī rəšīm mənē mənē təqēl ūp̄arsīn. dənā pəšar-milləṯā mənē mənā-ʾĕlāhā malḵūṯāḵ wəhašləmah.
      And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE MENE, TEKEL UPHARSIN [a mina, a mina, a shekel, and half-shekels]. This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE [mina], God hath numbered thy kingdom, and brought it to an end.